Bullous pemphigoid with localized umbilical involvement

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-420

  Schmidt, Enno ^a,b   Benoit, Sandrine ^a   Bröcker, Eva Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UMBILICUS;

DERMIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MIDDLE AGED; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 69249104642     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0644     Document Type: Letter

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